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Comments for "Touching Just One Person"enSometimes the vehiclehttp://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9428
<p>we've been given feeds our ego. Delicate balance to maintain.</p>
Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:51:14 +0000Kim Lampecomment 9428 at http://www.owningpink.comConsider Thishttp://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9422
<p>What is the total of 1 to 1 intereations between spirit beings per day, compared to the total 1 to 100's - 1,000's interaction ratios? Consider all the 1 to 1 interactions the young women had prior to coming to see you that night.</p>
<p>I'd venture to guess quantatatively more interactions compile via the 1 to 1 interactions. Add the likelihood of higher impact of a 1 to 1 interaction versus that of being part of a crowd and the overall results surpass the masses route.</p>
<p>Both are great with the right intention and like you said the whole book tour put you in that space with the beautiful young woman. The mesage was for her.</p>
<p>Great story and lesson.</p>
Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:48:25 +0000Kim Lampecomment 9422 at http://www.owningpink.comConsider Thishttp://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9420
<p>What is the total of 1 to 1 intereations between spirit beings per day, compared to the total 1 to 100's - 1,000's interaction ratios? Consider all the 1 to 1 interactions the young women had prior to coming to see you that night.</p>
<p>I'd venture to guess quantatatively more interactions compile via the 1 to 1 interactions. Add the likelihood of higher impact of a 1 to 1 interaction versus that of being part of a crowd and the overall results surpass the masses route.</p>
<p>Both are great with the right intention and like you said the whole book tour put you in that space with the beautiful young woman. The mesage was for her.</p>
<p>Great story and lesson.</p>
Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:48:00 +0000Kim Lampecomment 9420 at http://www.owningpink.comLetting Gohttp://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9390
<p>I can really relate to this story Lissa!!! I'm working each day to hand more and more of my worry, frustration, lack of control, confusion , dreams, questions, concerns, efforts...over to the Universe. I know this is a work in progress and will take some time and a good deal of faith on my part but your experience reminded me why life is so much better when you surrender. Thanks for another terrific post!!</p>
Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:01:03 +0000Monica Wilcoxcomment 9390 at http://www.owningpink.comYou get it Kristahttp://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9364
<p>I hear you, sister. I am learning this lesson over and over and over and the more I surrender to what is, rather than attaching to what I think it's supposed to be, the more peace and joy I feel in my life.</p>
<p>I am bearing witness to your request from the Universe regarding the 15 women you need to manifest. Make sure you post your event in our forum <a href="http://owningpink.ning.com/events" title="http://owningpink.ning.com/events" rel="nofollow">http://owningpink.ning.com/events</a>. And feel free to include a link to the info about your program, in case there are any readers here at Owning Pink who would like to attend your program.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best,<br />
Lissa</p>
Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:29:27 +0000Lissa Rankincomment 9364 at http://www.owningpink.comThank you.http://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9362
<p>Thank you for the reminder that we don't need a crowd of applauding fanatics to justify who we are or what we do. One single connection can make all the difference...and sometimes we don't even know about it until much later. When things feel good, know you are on the right path, even if outward circumstances aren't showing up in mass amounts. FYI...I am SO talking to myself right now. ;)</p>
<p>Thanks Lissa.<br />
Kim</p>
Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:38:47 +0000Kim Jenkinscomment 9362 at http://www.owningpink.comWhile I don't have muchhttp://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9361
<p>While I don't have much experience with public speaking, I think this "lesson" definitely applies to the way that I approach my blog. I know that my traffic is much less than that of others out there, in part because I refuse to do things that don't feel genuine that may build my SEO and traffic. I have decided to remain true to myself and my principles and in doing so accept that I may touch just one person. I have had to acknowledge that this will be enough, even if I never know who that one person is.</p>
Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:28:44 +0000Ashley @ Nourishing the Soulcomment 9361 at http://www.owningpink.comI so love this Lissa...http://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9360
<p>I've decided too that, while I have a pretty damn good imagination if I do say so myself, it's nothing compared to what the Universe can dream up for me.</p>
Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:25:41 +0000Melanie Batescomment 9360 at http://www.owningpink.comTouching Just One Personhttp://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9359
<p>Lisa, your post reasonated with me --- I've been speaking publicly for about 5 years now and I'm slowly learning to let go of the outcome. The important thing is to seize the opportunity when it presents itself, do the best job you can, and then whatever happens happens.</p>
<p>I remember being a workshop speaker about 3 years ago at a Women's Spiritual Conference at a college not far from my home. I expected there would be many people who would show up -- but I was wrong. There were two sessions and no one showed up for the first session. First I was relieved, but as I killed time waiting for the second session, waves of disappointment overtook me. I questioned whether or not I should have even put myself out there in the first place, and perhaps I really didn't have anything that others needed to heaer after all -- maybe I needed to just get in my car and head home now.</p>
<p>But, I stuck it out and I had 3 people show up for the second session --- and this was quite a large room. But I gave my talk. Afterwards 2 of the women came up to share their stories with me. On the way home I realized I had made a difference for those women and that was really all that mattered ... and I had grown as a speaker. Everything happened just as it was suppose to. I seized the opportunity The Universe offered me and other people benefited -- including me. What more could I ask for?</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing!<br />
Blessings,<br />
Kim</p>
Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:48:03 +0000Kimberly Wenclcomment 9359 at http://www.owningpink.comYou never know what the Universe has in mind for youhttp://www.owningpink.com/blogs/owning-pink/touching-just-one-person#comment-9358
<p>The most critical part of all this putting-it-out-there stuff is that you let go of the outcome. So often,we think we want one particular thing -- and there's nothing wrong with wanting something passionately and specifically -- but then we get so attached to that particular thing that we are apt to miss other gifts. Lissa, I'm so glad that you were open to the gift of that single connection. You could have left there feeling drained and discouraged, but instead you made the connection and probably changed her life. You never know where that might lead, for her or for you. </p>
<p>In my life, there have been many experiences that didn't lead where I expected them to go -- a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology that left me feeling incapable of being a good therapist, a postdoc that left me unwilling to continue in that specialty area, etc. Finally, after a lot of stumbling, I found my way into a niche at my current job, which 10 years later I've built into something that keeps me busy, challenged, and satisfied, and where, in the end, I'm making use of many of the skills and learnings from grad school, even though I don't use the letters after my name. </p>
<p>Now, as I'm entering a new phase in my personal life, ending a 22 year marriage, I am open to what the universe will offer me. Based on what's happened so far, I believe it will be full of life, energy, far more friendship than I would have believed possible. </p>
<p>I am taking on a new challenge in organizing a workshop/concert with Carrie Newcomer, my most-favorite singer/poet, in the Raleigh, NC area. To make it financially break even, I need to manifest 15 women who want to attend the workshop in January, plus about 200-400 people to attend the concert. But the fact is that, as long as Carrie is there, and I am there, I am open to whatever the universe sends me. For once, I am not completely in control. This is a wave I am riding, and it's bigger than I am.</p>
Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:13:30 +0000Krista Rosscomment 9358 at http://www.owningpink.com